617-0949/02 – Selected Chapters in Chemistry (VKCH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Chemistry | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The PhD course is a theoretical basis for the further courses explaining the processes of combustion and fire extinguishing.The curriculum includes questions of general, inorganic and organic chemistry and provides an overview of the properties of substances needed for their safe processing, storage, transportation and utilization.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
Thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical processes (chemical equilibrium, heat of reaction, rate of chemical reaction, transition state theory, the effect of temperature on reaction rate, catalysis). Burning as a redox reaction. Properties affecting the flammability of substances. Chemistry and combustion processes, extinguishing and retardation of combustion .Extinguishing aggents -classic and modern.
Technically most important groups of substances (production, utilization, environmental and toxicological characteristics). Relationship between structure and properties of substances (physical chemical, toxicological). Products of combustion and their toxicological characteristics.
Compulsory literature:
[1] Solomons T.W.G., Fryhle C.B.: Organic Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons,Inc. 2003
[2] Glassman, Irvin. Combustion. 3rd ed. San Diego, Calif: Academic Press, 1996 (*)
Recommended literature:
[1] Spiro, T.G. Stigliani W.M.: Chemistry of the Environment Elsevir 2003 (*)
[2] Yoshida, Tadao, Yuji Wada, and Natalie Foster. Safety of Reactive Chemicals and Pyrotechnics Industrial safety series, 5. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1995(*)
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
They will be specified according to the thesis topic.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1.Thermodynamic and kinetics of chemical processes (chemical equilibrium, heat of reaction, rate of chemical reaction, transition state theory, the effect of temperature on reaction rate, catalysis). Kinetic of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions.
2. Burning as a redox reaction. The process of burning of solid materials. Ignition and combustion. Principles of self-ignition.Self-ignition due to biochemical processes. Properties affecting the flammability of substances. Fire technical characteristics of flammable and combustible dusts. Explosion and detonation.
3 Methods of monitoring the process termooxidation and burning. Principle of the termogravimetric analysis and pyrolysis methods in chromatography.
4. Chemistry and combustion processes, extinguishing and retardation of combustion .Extinguishing aggents -classic and modern.
5. Chemistry of water. Physical properties and reactivity of water. Utilization of water in extinguishing technology.
6. Technically most important groups of substances (production, utilization, environmental and toxicological characteristics). Relationship between structure and properties of substances (physical chemical, toxicological). Products of combustion and their toxicological characteristics.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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